Sign-holder.



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SIGN-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Application filed December 12, 1914. Serial No. 876,878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NICHOLAS MOLLET, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Massillon, in the county of Stark and State of Ohio, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sign-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention contemplates the provision of a sign holder primarily intended to support a sign consisting of a length of flexible material, stretched across a window, although it is susceptible to other analogous uses.

In carrying out the invention I aim to provide a holder of this-character capable of being readily and easily attached to and detached from the window sash, and when attached to permit the sign to be drawn through the holder to accommodate windows of varying width.

Another important object of the invention is the provision of a holder for the above mentioned purpose, constructed to prevent tearing or other injury to the sign while being fitted to the window.

The invention further aims to provide a construction of a holder whereby the sign will be arranged against the transparent panel to render the subject matter thereof readily distinguishable, and among other features which will later appear the invention embodies simplicity in construction.

In the drawing forming a part of this application, like numerals of reference inclicate similar parts in theseveral views and in which Figure 1 is a view showing the manner of using the holder. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the holder. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view. Fig. 4: is a perspective view of a modified form of the invention.

Referring more particularly to the drawing 5 indicates the sign which may consist of a length of cloth or other suitable flexible material of the desired dimensions, the op posite ends of the sign fabric being threaded through the holders 7, which are secured to the window sash in the manner shown. As the holders in the preferred form of my invention as shown in Fig. 1 are the same, a detail description of one will suffice for both.

Each holder is constructed from a single length of suitable material, preferably resilient metal in the form of an angle bar, the sides 8 and 9 respectively of which are disposed at a right angle to each other. The side 8 is longitudinally slitted at spaced points for the major portion of its length, to provide a resilient strip 10 which serves to clamp the sign fabric on the holder, whereby the exhibiting surface of the fabric is held stretched tightly across the window. The opposite ends of the strip 10 at their point of juncture with the side 8 are bent outwardly as at 11, to offset the strip with a view of facilitating the threading of the sign fabric through the holder. The other side 9 of the holder is provided at i11- tervals with transversely disposed keyhole slots 12 through which suitable fastening elements 13, such as screws, are passed for fastening the holder on the sash in the manner shown. By reason of the formation and the disposition of the slots, it will be obvious that the holders can be readily and easily attached to or removed from the window sash without removing the screws therefrom. It is to be further noted that the specific angular formation of the holder projects the sign fabric against the transparent panel, so that the subject matter of the sign will be readily distinguishable.

As shown the sign fabric is first passed through the slit 14, thence over the strip 10, and through the slit 15, thus allowing the fabric to be stretched tightly across the window, after the holders have been fastened on the sash, as well as to permit the sign to be drawn through the holder to accommodate windows of varying width. The longitudinal edge of the side 8 is curved outwardly as at 16, the convex surface preventing tearing or cutting of the sign fabric by the holder while being stretched.

In Fig. 4 I have shown a modified form of the invention, wherein the side 17 of the angle bar is provided with a longitudinal series of laterally projecting instruck spurs or prongs 18 for attaching the ends of the sign fabric to the holders. In other respects the device disclosed in this figure is constructed and used in the same manner as the preferred form of my invention hereinabove described in detail.

It is believed that from the foregoing description the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation and therefore the same has been omitted. However I desire to have it understood that while I have shown and described one embodimentof the invention, the same is merely illustrative, as I do not limit myself to the precise construction and arrangement of parts shown, and that various changes in the construction may be resorted to when desired as fall within the scope of the appended claims.

WVhat I claim is 1. The combination with a flexible sign element, of attaching devices therefor, each of said devices having a longitudinally disposed convex surface, said sign being adjustable relatively to said devices to render the sign taut, and having its ends movable over said convex surfaces and removably secured to said devices at a point beyond said convexities.

2. A sign holder for windows comprising identically constructed members, each having a portion adapted to be secured to one of the vertical bars of the window sash, and a flange to project inwardly toward the trans parent panel of the sash, in combination with a flexible sign element, connecting said members and adj ustably associated with said flanges thereof, and means for holding said sign element taut in display position.

3. In combination with a flexible sign element, identically constructed members, each including an attaching portion provided with key-hole slots, andva portion disposed at an angle to the attaching portion for'adjustably receiving and confining one of the terminals of the sign element thereto, said angularly disposed portion having a longitudinal convex surface, and means for securing the free ends of the sign to: the holder at a point beyond said convexity.

4. In combination with a flexiblesign element, identically constructed members, each including an attaching portion, and a portion disposed at an angle thereto, each of said angularly disposed portions having a longitudinal convex surface, and each free end of the sign being movable over said convex surface and secured at a point beyond said convexity to said angularly disposed portion. g

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NICHOLAS MOLLET, JR. Witnesses:

W. M. HUMPERLY, JOSEPH J KLo'rz.

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